Hamilton - Guns and Ships Lyrics

BURR:How does a ragtag volunteer army in need of a showerSomehow defeat a global superpower?How do we emerge victorious from the quagmire?Leave the battlefield waving Betsy Ross’ flag higher?Yo. Turns out we have a secret weapon!An immigrant you know and love who’s unafraid to step in!He’s constantly confusin’, confoundin’ the British henchmenEv’ryone give it up for America’s favorite fighting Frenchman!

COMPANY:Lafayette!

LAFAYETTE:I’m takin this horse by the reins makin’Redcoats redder with bloodstains

COMPANY:Lafayette!

LAFAYETTE:And I’m never gonna stop until I make ‘emDrop and burn ‘em up and scatter their remains, I’m

COMPANY:Lafayette!

LAFAYETTE:Watch me engagin’ em! Escapin’ em!Enragin’ em! I’m—

COMPANY:Lafayette!

LAFAYETTE:I go to France for more funds

COMPANY:Lafayette!

LAFAYETTE:I come back with more

LAFAYETTE AND ENSEMBLE:GunsAnd shipsAnd so the balance shifts

WASHINGTON:We rendezvous with Rochambeau, consolidate their gifts

LAFAYETTE:We can end this war at Yorktown, cut them off at sea, butFor this to succeed, there is someone else we need:

WASHINGTON:I know

WASHINGTON AND COMPANY:Hamilton!

LAFAYETTE:Sir, he knows what to do in a trenchIngenuitive and fluent in French, I mean—

WASHINGTON AND COMPANY:Hamilton!

LAFAYETTE:Sir, you’re gonna have to use him eventuallyWhat’s he gonna do on the bench? I mean—

WASHINGTON AND COMPANY:Hamilton!

LAFAYETTE:No one has more resilienceOr matches my practical tactical brilliance—

WASHINGTON AND COMPANY:Hamilton!

LAFAYETTE:You wanna fight for your land back?

COMPANY:Hamilton!

WASHINGTON:I need my right hand man back!

WOMEN:Hamilton!

LAFAYETTE: MEN:Ah! Uh, get ya right hand man back Get your right hand man back!You know you gotta get ya right hand man back Your right hand man back!

I mean you gotta put Hamilton!some thought into the letter Ha—but the sooner the better Ha—To get your right hand man back!

WOMEN, MEN:Hamilton, Hamilton!Ha— ha—!

WASHINGTON:Alexander HamiltonTroops are waiting in the field for youIf you join us right now, together we can turn the tideOh, Alexander HamiltonI have soldiers that will yield for youIf we manage to get this rightThey’ll surrender by early lightThe world will never be the same, Alexander…